in Egypt, Arabia Petr^ea c^r. ^41 



this Ridge of Eminences came to be called Jihhel Moc-catte, 

 or Mocaiiem, i. e. the Mountain that is hewn or cut through. 

 Eefides other Places, of lefs Account, within the Caftle, we are 

 ihevvn, firit, a fpacious magnificent Hall, fupported by a 

 Number of large 77j6'/5'^/V Columns ; then, the {Beer el Halla- 

 zoune ^:-M -' ;<^0 Snail like lVell\ which, with the Stair Cafe 

 that goes winding round it, are hewn out of the natural Rock. 

 Both the Hall and the Well are looked upon, by the Inha- 

 bitants, to be Works of fuch Grandeur and Expence, that the 

 Patriarch Jofeph, whofe Prifon they pretend likewife toiliew 

 us, is fuppofed to have been the Founder. But, in all Proba- 

 bility, the Well was contrived by the Babylonians, and there 

 are fo many Guildings and Improprieties in the other, that 

 the Foundation of it may be well attributed to the Mahometans. 



Over againft Kairo, on the Lyhian Banks of the Nile, is the cce^a, the 

 Village G'^i'^^, where Memphis was formerly fituated, but^p»''"•' ^'■' 

 which is now intirely buried in Soil. In the fame Direolion uc situation 

 likewife are the Tyramids \ twelve Miles further, being eredled ί/οΐ^'"''''' 

 upon that Ridge of the Lyhian Mountains, which bounds the 

 Inundation of the Nile to the Weftward. The Caftle o{ Kairo 

 hath the like mountainous Situation on the ^fiatick Side of the 

 River; and, in this Manner, the Nile \s confined, for the τ/^^ upper 

 Space of two hundred Leagues, all the Way down from the JJIyaR%'e 

 Catarads; a long Chain of Eminences, fometimes at ioin'/LfaTTJcf 

 fometimes at five or fix Leagues Diilance, conftantly bounding 

 the Inundation on each Side. 



Such, in general, is the Plan , fuch likewife is the Extent κν La»j of 

 of the Land of Egypt. That Part of it, which is called i^^"^"'^^• 

 Scripture the Land of Goflien or Ramefes, is fituated in the 

 Heliopolitan Nomos, particularly, upon the Arabian Banks of 

 the Nile, in the Neighbourhood of Matta-reah. For Jofeph, 

 when he invited his Father and Brethren into Egypt , tells 

 them, {Gen. 45•. 10.) that they fiould dwell in the Land of 

 Goihen, and he near him. Go/hen then muft have been adja- 

 cent to the Seat of the Egyptian Kings. Now, as a Wefl Wmd'^tt fg"/piaa 

 (£λ'.ιο.Ι9.) took away the Locuβs and cafi them into the Redft^C 

 Sea, This Place will be better fixed at Memphis, whofe Situation 



I This Well conllfts of two Stages, being in all about 44 Fathom deep. The upper 

 Stage is ϊ6 Foot broad one way and 24 the other. The Water, which is brackiih, is drawn 

 up, in the Perfian Wheel, by Oxen. 2 Kptuvjej J" b^iA νιλ^^γκί αί nufauiAf h τγ misua h 

 ΙΛίμφίί w «i" 't^^nmr. Strab. ut lupra. 



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